When Life Seems Unbearable
LIFE can be pure bliss—when all goes well. But what if circumstances make your life seem unbearable?
For instance, Sally, a in the United States, who lost most of her possessions in a hurricane, explains: “I didn’t know how much more I could take. Many days I felt that I was near the breaking point.”
Or what if a loved one dies? Janice, in Australia, says: “When I lost both my sons, I had to gather the fragments of my shattered life and reassemble them as best I could. I begged God: ‘Please, my heart can’t take any more! Just let me sleep. I don’t want to wake up again.’”
Daniel, on the other hand, was devastated when his wife was unfaithful. He explains: “When my wife confessed that she had been unfaithful, it was like a knife pierced my heart. I felt this physical pain stabbing me again and again—and it lasted several months.”
This issue of The Watchtower will consider how life can be worth living even when
So, first, how can we cope when disaster strikes?
a Some names in this series of articles have been changed.
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